Podcast

This podcast series is hosted and produced by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub, implemented by IOM and funded by the European Union from 2017 to 2022. The series explores key aspects, opportunities and challenges of returning migrants' reintegration journeys. By involving practitioners, experts and researchers, the episodes not only share good practices from return and reintegration programmes, but also promote a stronger focus on the protection of migrants’ rights and on the benefits of enhancing ownership of communities of origin and governments across these topics. 

The episodes were produced with the financial support of the European Union. The opinions expressed herein are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. 

Migr’histoires explores the diversity of imaginations linked to migration through narration and storytelling. What motivates young people to leave? To leave their daily lives and everyone they know to settle in another country and start all over again? In recent years, many young Africans have chosen this often perilous path. While economic factors such as poverty, underdevelopment and lack of jobs are usually mentioned as push factors, other motivations also play a leading role. Migr’histoires is aimed at people who shed new light on how we perceive decision-making in matters of migration. Each in their own way, our guests transformed their personal migration story into a commitment to young people living in West Africa today.

The first series of this podcast was produced in French and is available here.

The second series, available in English below, aims to shed light on the work of several specialized researchers on the study of migration phenomena, in particular the recent results from the MigChoice research project, carried out in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration and the University of Birmingham. 

This podcast is produced by the International Organization for Migration, music and editing by www.jaymdel.com.